I didn't know its so near - only 10-mins ferry ride away from Changi Jetty! But its quite troublesome to get to Changi Jetty la, its all the way at Changi Village hawker centre. Have to take mrt to bedok, then take bus #2 for half hour to Changi Village. Anyway, we rented a bicycle each to get around in Ubin, and the bike rentals are cheap - only $6 each for one entire day. Of cos, you can get those better, newer ones at $10-$12 also.
We cycled on the east trail for two hours in the morning, before we stopped for lunch near the jetty (Pulau Ubin side). The zi-char was pretty good and reasonably priced! We had sambal stingray, kangkong, hot plate tofu, butter fried prawns, lemon chicken and the meal for 7 of us costs about $80, including drinks. And I love the coconuts at pulau ubin.. but they are called thai coconuts so I am not very sure if they are from thailand or pulau ubin, hehe. Anyway they are big, the juice is sweet and refreshing, the flesh is soft and easily scrapped from the shell and cost only $2.50 each. Ah C and I had 5 in total!
Some pictures:
After lunch, we embarked on the west trail for about another 2 hours. The west trail is so much more fun! Cos rambutans are in season and we saw a lot of rambutan trees! haha damn bo liao, but we actually stopped and tried to pick the rambutans - by throwing sticks and all sorts of objects at the bunches of rambutans high up, hoping to hit them down. Super hilarious.
Anyway we failed miserably cos after almost half an hour of effort, only one rambutan dropped. And the worse thing is, we only took a small bite before Ivan accidentally dropped it on the floor..... so heart pain! We decided to give up and continued cycling west. But before long, we saw one Malay auntie and his friend picking rambutans also. They are super professional, cos the guy climbed up the tree and used a fruit picker to pick the rambutans. Their rambutans drop from the trees.. in bunches. And they were very nice to give us a few bunches! The auntie said that they stay in Jurong and goes to Ubin every week to relax... so cool!
Our gifts - rambutans! Very sweet and yummy cos the rough skin doesn't stick to its flesh (probaly cos they are freshly-picked):
We settled down before a lake/quarry to savour our prized possession haha!
It was a tiring, but lovely day spent =)
PS: If you go to Pulau Ubin and are not as lucky as us to meet the Malay lady who gave us their rambutans for free, you can still buy them at $2.50 a bunch near the jetty =P
It was a tiring, but lovely day spent =)PS: If you go to Pulau Ubin and are not as lucky as us to meet the Malay lady who gave us their rambutans for free, you can still buy them at $2.50 a bunch near the jetty =P
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